Ukraine presses ahead with removal of Soviet monuments


  • World
  • Saturday, 09 Dec 2023

Municipal workers dismount a monument to Mykola Schors, a Soviet field commander during the Russian Civil War, amid the ongoing Russian invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 9, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian officials pressed on with a campaign to remove Soviet-era monuments on Saturday as authorities in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv dismantled a statue of a Red Army commander from a central boulevard.

Ukraine has doubled down on efforts to erase all traces of Russian rule amid a full-scale invasion by Kremlin troops, now nearing its two-year mark.

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